Gucci Mane rap artist

Gucci Mane a rap artist performing at the Ultra Lounge 300 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, Florida Friday May 16, 2008.

Mane signed to Atlantic Records, taking his stage name from his hustler father's nickname, "Gucci Man," his first single, "Icy," peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks charts, and his first album, Trap House, peaked at #101 on the Billboard 200. His second album, Hard 2 Kill, was released in 2006, followed by Trap-A-Thon and Back to the Trap House in 2007, all of which sold well as independently released albums.